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Topic: Youtube - Videos that I like
Posted By: MissingLink
Subject: Youtube - Videos that I like
Date Posted: 19/Sep/2008 at 6:26pm
I am sorry to be starting a new thread on youtube in Portfolio Check up section.
But I did not have permissions to create a new thread in Lounge Section. This is the only section that allowed me to create a new thread.
 
Basantji,
Kindly move this thread to Lounge Section.
 
 
Now...
Many of you would have watched many interesting videos and would like others to have a look as well.
 
Even I have seen some videos which I thought all of us to have a look at.
 
More importantly it involves TED.
But this TED is slightly different. This TED is kind of a workshop being organized for more than 10 years and people from various walks of life come and talk about Science, Astronomy, Personal Experiences, Tricks. It is a great place to get an assortment of information.
 
Some of the ones that I liked are below. I have not seen all of them but among the many, these are some i liked...
 

How it feels to have a stroke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU

TED | Talks | The true face of Leonardo Da Vinci
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCv97hG29wQ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCv97hG29wQ

The search for dark energy and dark matter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laxxj3hQWZA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laxxj3hQWZA
 
Why we don't understand as much as we think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hJCxSiH4ts - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hJCxSiH4ts
 
The real Difference between liberals and Conservatives:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs41JrnGaxc - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs41JrnGaxc
 

There are so many hundreds of interesting videos !!!
Please go to youtube.com and grep for TED talks.
 
OR 
 
Go to ted.com and have a look at these and many more interesting videos.
Hope you enjoy these....


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Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 17/Oct/2008 at 12:08pm
Inseresting Video. Not on youtube though.
 
http://www.bosskaboss.com/tm/index.htm - http://www.bosskaboss.com/tm/index.htm
 
(interesting way of advertising !!!)


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 05/Nov/2008 at 9:37pm
I have always been a big fan of Mridangam. Accompanied with ghatam they make an excellent combination.
 
Some of my favourite ones on youtube are:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfXjS-VrrDQ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfXjS-VrrDQ  
(my favourite... first time I heard this, it rocked me to the core... and i kept wondering what on earth was that...
same video is also uploaded at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJbiILmfuPc&NR=1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJbiILmfuPc&NR=1 )
 
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwd-P26J7sw - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwd-P26J7sw
 
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nRz6lgDEFY&feature=related - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nRz6lgDEFY&feature=related  (Mridangam and Tabla. Different combination)
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdFVyR3xyho - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdFVyR3xyho  (palghat mani iyer and Zhakhir Hussain)


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 18/Dec/2008 at 4:00pm
mentos dimag ki batti jala de...
 
amazing domino effect when mentos os put inside a code bottle...
 
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-274981837129821058&q=diet+coke+mentos+site%3Avideo.google.com&pr=goog-sl - http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-274981837129821058&q=diet+coke+mentos+site%3Avideo.google.com&pr=goog-sl


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 18/Dec/2008 at 8:38pm
For all those fans of heroes...

there are many sites where Heroes 3 vireos are present. One of them which i watch is at:

http://heroes-online-videos.blogspot.com/

On the right hand side you will see all the links for each of the 13 episodes of Heroes.

How sad that we get to see the season 3 in India only after it gets over in the other parts of the world !!!


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 18/Dec/2008 at 11:05am
Chris Marthension (a scientist and Financial Expert) has uploaded a Crash course on the current situation
 
Some of the Initial videos are at:
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse/chapter-3-exponential-growth - http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse/chapter-3-exponential-growth
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse/chapter-4-compounding-problem - http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse/chapter-4-compounding-problem
 
 
Sometimes I wonder why all these people surface only during such bad days.
Then I feel that probbaly we start looking at such things only during bad days and these guys were there since long.
After looking at some of the videos, I feel the commodities nerd Jim Rogers's arguement makes some sense atleast. 
 
You can watch all of the 20 chapters at:
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse - http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 18/Dec/2008 at 11:33am
Probably after watching chapter 6, 7 and 8 you will start sweating
 
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse/chapter-6-what-money - http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse/chapter-6-what-money
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse/chapter-7-money-creation - http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse/chapter-7-money-creation
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse/chapter-8-fed-money-creation - http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse/chapter-8-fed-money-creation
 
BTW can anyone tell me what are indian currencies backed by ? debt  or Gold/Silver ?
As I see in the videos, US currencies are backed by Debt and Gold has long gone as the colateral to print money.
We benchmark our currencies to US dollar. So, considering the rate at which the dollar will decline, in future, we will be forced to go back to the previous scheme of benchmarking against gold (or some other instrument which has value, which does not  loose value over time and which appreciates like gold which will appreciate because of limited supply)


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 20/Dec/2008 at 2:07am
Whenever we discuss growth rate of a company we always expect and try to buy companies which have a growth rate of say 30 % (assuming that ROE matches this growth rate).
 
But a simple arithmetic proves that in the long run it is IMPOSSIBLE to maintain the growth rate.
It means that every year you have to earn the same as last year + earn the extra 30% to sustain the 30% number that we quote. Then we have repeat it for few more years.
 
No wonder that no company can sustain such growth rates and very few companies have been successfull in sustaining such growth rates (hdfc bank for example...)
 
An excellent talk by physics professor Albert Bartlett is uploaded on you tube where he takes a very simple growth rate of 5% and tries to argue that it is so difficult even to maintain 5% growth rate.
 
The example explained in the class room discussion is generic and not related to stocks.
 
 
Part 1:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=u5iFESMAU58&feature=related - http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=u5iFESMAU58&feature=related
 
Part 2:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=LOBPNtupL_Q&feature=related - http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=LOBPNtupL_Q&feature=related
 
to get the later parts you can select them from the right side of the you tube page.


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 20/Dec/2008 at 10:21am
No wonder Pabrai mentions that most of trhe companies go bust in 50-70 years!


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'The Thoughtful Investor: A Journey to Financial Freedom Through Stock Market Investing' - A Book on Equity Investing especially for Indian Investors. Book your copy now: www.thethoughtfulinvestor.in

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 22/Dec/2008 at 7:36pm
There was a radio show by Chris Martenson's on 18th December.
The 1 hour talk show is present at:
 
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bill-sharon/2008/12/18/what-needs-to-go-right-with-bill-sharon - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bill-sharon/2008/12/18/what-needs-to-go-right-with-bill-sharon
 
The talk show has a very small introduction at his current life style, his views about the doomed dollar and floating currencies of other countries.
He also talks of how the consumption led US economy is on the path of destruction and to save it, some very drastic steps need to be taken.
Thanks to the debt oriented policy introduced by Richard Nixon around 1971, US has reached the stage that it is in.


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 25/Dec/2008 at 1:23am
Below is a collection of some of the nature sounds from youtube


(1) Amazon Rainforest (without music)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGEHYY8c8VM&fmt=18

(2) Mountain Stream (without music)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehmu-lTJXF0&fmt=18

(3) Rain water + thunder
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pSyYhRYeIM&fmt=18

    Part 2:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au036eve4s4&fmt=18

(4) Rain + Cricket
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CB1tBjcWug&fmt=18


(5) Sounds of Beach Waves
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5dRLPieKoE&fmt=18

(6) Sounds of Beach (Assisted)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rguLSePcdH0&fmt=18


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 29/Dec/2008 at 12:20pm
Exploring the Frontiers of happiness
 
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness.html - http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness.html
 
Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong -- a premise he supports with intriguing research.
 
Some similarities to the Book Fooled By Randomness by Nassem Nicholar Taleb especially the first part.


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: kaushalchawla
Date Posted: 11/Jan/2009 at 6:14am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao

Pretty good video (16 minutes). Enjoy at leisure.



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Warm Regards,
Kaushal

Posted By: Rinku
Date Posted: 12/Jan/2009 at 4:57pm

I have some collection of funny videos.

http://www.kissluck.com - www.kissluck.com .Pls let me know if you found it funny.

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 13/Jan/2009 at 11:07am
very interesting 4 minute video....
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/v/NIfH0vY2ANA - http://www.youtube.com/v/NIfH0vY2ANA
 
(you should wait till the last second)


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 17/Mar/2009 at 12:20pm
A video that I watched has totally bowled me today.
 
Its a video by prof Vilayanur Ramachandran who happens to be a Neurologist  and is the director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California, San Diego, and an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute
 
 
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/vilayanur_ramachandran_on_your_mind.html - http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/vilayanur_ramachandran_on_your_mind.html
 
The talk discusses 3 case studies. Amazing cases...
 
==> check out your kiki-buba factor in the video (Are you kiki-buba or buba-kiki)
 
Sometime i wonder if I have the "phantom biology limb" tucked somewhere in my brain which yearns me to switch over to the miracle world of biology. damn the day when logic (left brain) took control over the desire (right brain) in me and i opted for engineering...
 
Note:
Vilayanur Ramachandran  has over 180 reserach paper to his credit and has written many books. Some of his books are as below (am planning to buy one...). He has been awarded Padma Bhushan by us.
 
1. Phantoms in the brain
2. A brief tour of human Consciouness
3. The man with the phantom twin: Adventures in the Neuroscience of human brain.
 


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: karthikr80
Date Posted: 17/Mar/2009 at 1:25pm
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html - http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

what will happen to watch industry ;-)


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karthik

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 20/Mar/2009 at 11:15pm
Video from ted.com on why we think its OK to cheat


http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code.html





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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 28/Apr/2009 at 10:54am
Rothbard (considered as a poineer in Austrian Economics and a student of Ludwig Von Mises) gave a 1 hour talk on the Origin of Paper Money.
 
The 1 hour audio can be downloaded from:
 
http://mises.org/MultiMedia/mp3/Capital/01_1983Gold_Rothbard.mp3 - http://mises.org/MultiMedia/mp3/Capital/01_1983Gold_Rothbard.mp3
 
Amit


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 28/Apr/2009 at 10:59am
thanks for these videos.

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'The Thoughtful Investor: A Journey to Financial Freedom Through Stock Market Investing' - A Book on Equity Investing especially for Indian Investors. Book your copy now: www.thethoughtfulinvestor.in

Posted By: MissingLink
Date Posted: 05/Jun/2009 at 4:27pm
Nandan Nilikani talks about india at TED feb 2009 summit

http://www.ted.com/talks/nandan_nilekani_s_ideas_for_india_s_future.html

BTW TED summit will come to India this year sometime in October. The conference will be held in Mysore...

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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Not Matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if thats what you are seeking.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb


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